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Yeah, I really think it's important to consider how much more versatile the Stealth tool kit is. Especially with the statement that "a dip into Alchemy 3 is pretty easy for anyone" that's true - except for Fighters. Also, bear in mind that a Fighter who is investing heavily, or close to...

Backstab isn't intended to help rogues be absolute damage machines, it's to give rogues a different style of similar damage output. Rogue damage is less reliable but much faster, which allows fitting truly impressive bursts of damage into small windows of opportunity. Compare Assassinate damage...

A purchase cannot count towards its own prerequisite.

I believe the "focus" in question refers to possession of or ability to read the ritual scroll. The caster should be role-playing the ritual for the duration of the casting time, and that role-play requires them to have access to and ability to make use of the ritual scroll. If they are, for...

It was discussed, and it was decided that the weapon size scaling on Slay was the preferable and sufficient way to increase 2-handed weapon burst damage. One of the central focus points of the 2.0 rules writing process was to reduce repeatable high number damage calls, and there was a concern...

Yeah, let me back up Ben that with Traps in particular there is a strong precedent that the spirit of the rules (which supersedes unusual interactions based on wording or vagueness) is that they must be armed in the area they will be affecting and that "creative use of game mechanics" is...

I'm a little hesitant with this answer, because this is based on the old rules and ARC/Ownership may want to address it differently, but Explosive damage like Vengeance damage would seem to be a unique qualifier/effect in one. Certainly none of the other standard qualifiers seems intended to...

The sentence you are referencing is addressing what weapons are valid to use with the Back Attack/Backstab skills, which for a given character is any weapon that character is trained to use, i.e. has the skill for. The following sentence is noting the different interaction with ranged weapons...

I wouldn't feel great about a flaw being totally negated, but I strongly agree that flaws that could exacerbate a player's real life neurological or psychological issues should very much be negotiable. I would recommend that ritual marshals that see these flaws on the scroll offer a potentially...

Yeah, this is a case where the rulebook's current text is clarifying a change to something that has been around for a while without mentioning the actual rule. The reason it calls out Short Bow/Long Sword is that's a comparatively new thing; Long Bow/Short Sword has been around for decades, just...

It is reasonable to ask for clarification within the book, but what that clarification will read is something to the effect of:

Nope.

Is this unique characters, or if a character played three times in August are they represented three times in this data set?

"Protective spells" refers to the various <qualifier> Shield spells. There is no "Arcane Shield" spell, so no such spell can prevent Arcane qualifier attacks. Similarly, any racial Resist skills that protect against a specific qualifier would also be ineffective, so Resist Poison, Element, and...

Yes. Any use of a Circle of Power by a character to activate a Ritual Scroll must have a an agreement about the aspect of magic being used, either Celestial or Earth for all three. Even if a character with both Celestial and Earth ritual casting, who is casting a 9th level Circle of Power from...

The Kikari are (is?) a fascinating and challenging antagonist, both from a combat and RP perspective. Tempesta is a total treasure, but the fact that she had a book of literally more than 20 alternate alphabets that included the one we found a dairy page in is absolutely peak her. The...

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Hello everyone, two long-time members of our larping community lost their house today in a massive fire. Nobody was seriously hurt but Ben and Stephanie Waterman and their five children have lost everything. The New Hampshire chapter will be offering goblin stamps to anyone able to help. The...

Earlier today Ben and Stephanie Waterman lost their home in a fire. Their family is safe but they have lost everything. There is a camp that can take them in for the winter but they, their five children and the children's grandmother have nothing but the clothes they were wearing. For anyone who...